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2. List of law enforcement agencies in Texas - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 1,913 law enforcement agencies, the most of any state. These agencies employed 59,219 sworn police officers, about 244 for each 100,000 residents. [1]

3. Police board - Wikipedia

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   A police board, police services board, or police commission is an appointed commission of a local government charged with the responsibility of overseeing a local police force. Police boards may be required by government regulation, as they are in most of Canada , or they may be voluntarily formed by individual municipalities.

4. Texas Department of Public Safety - Wikipedia

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   Recommendations were made to accumulate the necessary finances to create a state law enforcement agency. Four bureaus—Administration, State Police, Rangers, and Fire Prevention—were suggested to be created with the implementation of the new force. The findings of Griffenhagen and Associates were ultimately unpopular across the state, and ...

5. List of Texas state agencies - Wikipedia

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   Texas State Board of Public Accountancy; ... Texas State Library and Archives Commission — List of Texas State Agencies This page was last edited on 15 August 2024 ...

6. Texas Highway Patrol - Wikipedia

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   The Texas Highway Patrol is a division of the Texas Department of Public Safety and is the largest state-level law enforcement agency in the U.S. state of Texas.The patrol's primary duties are enforcement of state traffic laws and commercial vehicle regulation, but it is a fully empowered police agency with authority to enforce criminal law anywhere in the state.

7. Texas Commission on Law Enforcement - Wikipedia

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   The TCOLE Board of Commissioners formulates agency policies and makes recommendations to the Governor of Texas and the Legislature regarding related matters. Its nine members are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Texas Senate, to serve without pay for staggered, six-year terms. Three members must be sheriffs, constables, or chiefs ...

8. List of largest local police departments in the United States

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   Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) California: 8,784: December 2024 [4] 4: Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) Pennsylvania: 5,544: March 2024 [5] 5: Houston Police Department (HPD) Texas: 5,164: February 2024 [6] 6: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Nevada: 3,363: 2022 [7] 7: Metropolitan Police Department of the District of ...

9. Texas State Police - Wikipedia

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   The Texas State Police (TSP) is a defunct 19th century law enforcement agency that was created following the Civil War by order of Texas Governor Edmund J. Davis. The TSP worked primarily against racially based crimes in Texas , and included black policemen.